The Devotional - 021 - Upright or Wicked

The Devotional – 021 – Upright or Wicked

Proverbs 11:11 – By the blessing of the ‘upright’ the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the ‘wicked’.

 

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The following is taken from Dr. David Jeremiah’s daily devotionals dated December 3, 2013.

My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
Proverbs 1:10

Referring to Proverbs 1:10, Barry Black, Chaplain of the United States Senate, wrote: "This simple Bible verse saved my life during my early teenage years when I refused to follow two friends who eventually murdered someone. The same morning I memorized this verse, I refused to go with them. The refusal kept me from going to jail for life -- the penalty they received for the crime. God's warnings are designed to protect us, not to destroy our joy. He challenges us to refuse to follow sinners."¹

1 Barry C. Black, The Blessing of Adversity

 

When we accept the Word of God, it ultimately affects our decisions, our walk, and our entire life. It provides rules when we don't know where the guardrails are. And it's a fountainhead of strength when we're overcome by fear or weakness.

We as a nation mourn over the condition of many problems within and we suffer because it seems as if the sinners of the land are advancing. One of our major problems is that while we do not consent to the sinners activity we fail to ‘upright’ our nation that is bent on committing evil. How do we do this you might be saying?

Are we blessing the nation in prayer daily or do we curse the nation for their ‘wickedness’? Is our counsel over national wickedness bathed in prayer; or do we stand in judgment like the wicked because we complain and grumble? Healing our nation, if it will be healed can only come from God, but if we sound like the wicked while we condemn the guilty, what has God to do with that?

Bless and curse not and God who sees from heaven will reward your prayer. Luke 6:27-36.